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Totally agree with you-- the past has been done, and has been broken, with CR... To go back to MP at her desk, M and his office, Q and his gadgets... Mendes bringing it back with a sledghammer in SP, took us steps back, and not in a good way.
Actually, I disagree. For the continuity of the franchise we must not have constant reboots, reimaginings, new directions or perhaps even a 007 extended universe. No! What Bond needs now.....is a simple approach that made the 007-franchise big in the first place:
--> A Bond film every 2 or 3 years. Look what Marvel is doing now. Don't start this nonsense that a 007-film these days is such a heavy production burden. Bullocks. If Robert Downey Jr. or Hugh Jackman are willing to reprise their roles as Iron Man or Wolverine every 2 years, then Barbara and Michael need to kick Daniel Craig under his butt!
--> A Bond film that's more stand-alone again, yet still continuing the Bond 'universe' that started with "Casino Royale". Slowly but steadily "Mission: Impossible" is doing just that. Then don't fuck it up, and continue now this way with the Bond franchise as well!
For me, the biggest danger of the 007 franchise is the fact that EON Productions is willingly and slowly turning the Bond franchise into a trend-follower franchise-wise. It needs to be trend-setting now!
Secondly, there's only so much of originality one can bring to Bond. I'm getting tired of all the talk that the next Bond film should have these or those elements, should be more campy or more Fleming-esque, must have this or that. Dammit.....we have had 24 official Bond films now! None of them is 100% perfect from a cinematic perspective. And because of the very fact that the Bond franchise is so old, by default a Bond film will be unoriginal! Grab that fact by the balls....and produce a Bond film without too much seriousness and with lots of fun!
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That's what I have been saying..well done my good man
Good stuff. The news will arrive when it arrives, and until then, enjoy the TWO DOZEN films we have in the official series. If you keep it out of mind, you'll only be surprised.
Yes, Internet comment boards are like Silicon Valley and Fox News. It's tough to be a woman in any three places. Sexist attacks abound.
I have confidence in Babs.
Of course sometimes there are also people that see sexism when it's not really there. Or is not allowed to have any sort of criticism when it appends to a woman?
Just to clarify, I really don't specifically have any criticism regarding Barbara. But if one does it isn't necessarily sexist.
I did have but after SP I'm not so sure. And it's nothing to do with her being a woman it's to do with the script development of the film being a dysfunctional mess.
I guess it's fair comment that she seems to get more of the opprobrium than MGW (when he should be held equally culpable) these days, but I think that's because of the perception that she's the driving force while he is winding down to retirement rather than anything to do with her sex.
Newsflash - minorities can be just as shit at their jobs as anyone else but we all need to keep silent about stepbrothergate etc just because she's a woman?
Whilst Gustav is clearly having one of his drama queen hissy fits demanding EON be stripped of the franchise I do think legitimate questions need to be asked rather than meekly accepting everything is going to be fine and thinking EON are above any criticism whatsoever.
The anti-EON thing is a typical internet reaction. You should read how folks scream and shout about Disney or WB at times. Some geeks were only one action figure away from setting fire to Abrams' home when the trailer of TFA was released, over one lens flare no less. Relax.
I think we can all agree that EON is the home of James Bond. The fact that they aren't franchising Bond out with two films and a spinoff AND a television series per year, should be celebrated as a good thing. I take that as a good sign. Think about this: some folks here have decided to hate on EON simply because they are not crapping out Bond films at the same rate Disney is giving us Avengers films and Star Wars. Would we really want that?
Also, I never got the memo that said Barbara couldn't do something else between two Bonds while Cubby and Harry could.
- Babs is doing something else.
- Oh no! I know that the next Bond film will be released no sooner than 20..! I know that Craig will not be able to handle the part anymore. I know that in order to avoid this, we should ship the rights to another company because that will work.
- Craig WILL be doing the next Bond.
- No, he won't. Here, look at this photoshop thing from which we can all safely deduce he won't be Bond anymore by then. (Remember how the craigisnotbond crowd also tried to prove a point with fake images?)
- Oh good! Let him leave. Time for a bloody hobbit to step in. You know, the guy you hadn't even considered but I'm going to shove his name down your throat. (Yeah, so often in fact, we hate this man more than a deadly virus simply because some fanboy went obsessed over him.)
- ...
We have 24 films (26 if you like -- 27 even if you count a television play as a film) to enjoy. The most recent one isn't even two years old! We have a good dozen amazing books to page through (and many more if you count the non-Flemings). We have some cool comics to read, several very exciting soundtracks to listen to and a couple of really nice video games to play. Books deconstructing Bond, his philosophy, the film series, ... can fill half a library. But with a little help from Disney and others, we have become insatiable. We run out of a film during the end titles as if our lives depend on it, already planning with our iPhones when to reconvene for the next film in the series. Anticipating a film is the only thing we can do anymore; sitting down, contemplating the film, letting the buzz and hype cool off and re-evaluate the film, celebrating yet another fine addition to the series, ... it's become a lost art. All we want is the next product, fast, and EON, you HAVE to give it to us now...
... or we'll cry.
... or we'll feed you pics of who we want for Bond next because we know you'll do as we say.
People, chill the f*** out!
Craig return
Despite rumours of attempting to secure Adele, she has recently ruptured vocal chords and it may be impossible to make the timescale work until her prognosis is known, I believe they will follow current trend like they did bringing in Sam Smith, by looking for Rag'N'Bone Man on theme.
In Spectre Bond has Lucia Sciarra extracted by Felix to safety therefore Jeffrey Wright and Monica Bellucci to return.
London scenes to be limited to HQ. London has been overdone by Skyfall and Spectre.
Aston Martin Valkyrie to feature in the film.
I can only see Nolan directing if new Distrib deal is with Warner Brothers, he is exclusive to them, if rumours of Sony 1 more picture deal are true, it puts Nolan rumours to bed for me.
David Arnold to return.
Locations: Would like to see bond back in the US, also Southern hemisphere, New Zealand, Japan ?
I am not opposed to Dan being the actor who plays Bond to his death, if the story is good, and it's and epic last stand against Blofeld it be a fitting end to Dan's tenure and leave it clean for a reboot for the next guy.
It's not just fans. Remember when Sam Mendes talked about the Bond casting process in 2016?
“[Producer] Barbara Broccoli chooses who’s going to be the next Bond: end of story,” Mendes continued. “I can guarantee whatever happens with it, it will not be what you expect. That’s what she’s been brilliant at, and that’s how it’ll survive … it’s not a public vote, and I think we’re in an age where everything is deemed voteable on. Some things just aren’t and it’s better that way.”
He didn't say "Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson choose who's going to be the next Bond, end of story." Comments like that, over time, feed into the impression she is the driving force, rather than Wilson.
http://www.vulture.com/2016/05/mendes-on-bond-it-will-not-be-what-you-expect.html
I actually almost feel a bit sorry for Turner.
He's far from the worst candidate in history but thanks to Mendes4lyfe's vomit inducing propaganda everyone on here already despises the guy and I'd sooner see Danny Dyer get the role.
The man has his own cherry energy drink for crying it out loudly! Look at the innuendo. This is pure Bond material.
If that's one of the criteria then I have Dennis Waterman ahead of Turner as well.
As for Babs, she's not someone I put on a pedestal. She's carried on her father's legacy admirably. However, anyone who let that SP script get to where it got deserves a reprimand in my book. Ultimately the buck stops with her. She will get credit for success, and should get criticism for failure as well.
Nah. A film every other year isn't unreasonable for Bond fans to expect.